Alternative Redistricting, Registering, and Voting Systems: Race, Voting, and Redistricting

ISBN-13: 9780815340676 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 384 str.

Marsha J. Tyson Darling

Opis

The controversies of redistricting have challenged America's commitment to participatory democracy and its ability to account for its historical record of voting and racial discrimination.

Spis treści

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Marsha Darling